Electric motor-driven convertible wood machine shop toy



J. SILVER April 14, 1964 ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN CONVERTIBLE WOOD MACHINE SHOP TOY 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 18, 1961 JOA'JAA/ 51.52 55 i/ April 1964 J. SILVER 3,128,805

ELECTRIC MOTORDRIVEN CONVERTIBLE woos MACHINE SHOP TOY Filed Aug. 18, 1961 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. JULM/V 51 2 V56 April 14, 1964 J. SILVER 3,128,805

ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN CONVERTIBLE WOOD MACHINE SHOP TOY Filed Aug. 18, 1961 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR c/OZfAZ V JZ Z, V5.5

United States Patent York Filed Aug. 1-5, 1961, Ser. No. 131,817 18 (Ilaims. (Cl. 144-4) This invention relates to an electric motor-driven convertible wood machine shop toy.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a motor-driven convertible wood machine shop toy that will teach a child substantially all of the basic wood working machine operations, such as circular saw cutting, jig saw cutting, face plate and center turning, drilling, disk and spindle sanding and routing, with the one toy by simple rearrangement of the parts of the toy which can be done by the child readily and easily to adapt the toy to any one of these operations.

It is another object of the invention to provide a light weight toy for a child in which the parts of the toy except for the motor including the cutting tools themselves will be made of plastic or wood and the material itself to which the tools are applied is of a material such as polystyrene or plastic foam whereby the child may simulate in a realistic manner all of the wood working operations with tools and work material without being cut or injured as would result from toys of this type made of metal.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a convertible wood working machine shop toy having basic guide rod bed parts extending from a main motorcontained headstock to adjustably support the tailstock and wherein the saw cutting table may be supported upon both headstock and tailstock upon the tailstock being brought close to the headstock.

It is still another object of the invention to provide in a convertible wood working shop toy, a motor-driven headstock to which, in one or upright position, guide rod and tailstock parts can be attached, and in another or layed down position the saw cutting table can be attached for performing a routing operation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a convertible wood working shop toy in which a headstock will have the driving electric motor adjustable thereon between horizontal and vertical positions so that the toy can be adapted to a vertical upright routing operation as Well as to lathe turning and saw cutting operations.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a self-contained convertible wood shop toy which will be battery-operated and the batteries wholly stored within the confines of the headstock and bed parts.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an electric motor-driven convertible wood working machine shop toy adapted for working polystyrene and plastic foamlike material having the above objects in mind, which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, light in weight, the parts being adapted to be easily fitted together and rearranged by a child, of pleasing and exciting appearance, can be placed or stored in disassembled manner in a game box that may serve as a tool rest while containing the assembled machine, and efficient and effective in use.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a collective and perspective view of a convertible wood working machine shop toy and its tools in which the electric driven motor head unit is detachable from the guide rod and tailstock and can be turned down to another position and support the saw 3,128,805 Patented Apr. 14, 1964 table in this position and render the machine adaptable for routing sabre bit operations,

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the jig saw cutting arbor as viewed on line 22 of FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the electric motor driven head turned down, the tailstock and guide rod having been removed therefrom, and with the saw table secured thereto and a router or sabre bit extended upwardly through the saw table slot,

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the machine shop toy with certain of the parts of FIG. 1 assembled together to effect a jig saw operation,

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the parts assembled together to effect a disk saw cutting operation,

FIG. 6 is a collective perspective view of a modified form of the invention in which the electric motor is adjustable in the headstock to extend a router tool vertically through the saw table and without the headstock itself being turned down as with the first form of the invention,

FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of the form of the invention shown in FIG. 6 with the jig saw and table assembled upon the motor-driven headstock and tailstock closed thereupon along its guide rods,

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the form of the invention shown in FIG. 6 with the motor unit turned upwardly and a router or sabre bit extending through the saw table for effecting a routing operation upon a work piece,

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary elevational view of the headstock looking upon the adjustable motor unit and drive spindle thereof as viewed on line 9-9 of FIG. 6,

FIG. 10 is a collective and perspective view of another modified form of the wood working machine shop toy which is operated by batteries disposed in a case extending along and forming a part of the machine bed,

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the machine shop toy shown in FIG. 10 with the jig saw assembly attached for operation and as viewed generally on line 1111 of FIG. 10, and

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of the machine shop toy of FIG. 10 converted to perform a disk saw cutting operation and as viewed generally on line 1212 thereof.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. 1 to 5, there is shown generally an electric motor-driven spindle head 15 which can be either stood upright as shown in FIG. 1 or turned down on its side as shown in FIG. 3 and to which when stood upright a guide rod 16 is attached and along which a tailstock 17 is adjustable and which with the headstock may support a saw table plate 18 with a jig saw arm 19.

The spindle head 15 has two spaced side plates 21 and 22 held apart by an electric motor assembly 23 disposed between them and from which a spindle 24 extends. This spindle is serrated on its cylindrical surface as indicated at 24' and is fixed to a drive shaft 25 that extends through a slot 26 depending from the upper edge of the side plate 22. The lower edges of the plates 21 and 22 are shaped to provide foot portions 27 and 28 respectively. The motor assembly 23 may contain batteries to power the motor or the motor may be powered from a wall cord. The motor assembly 23 and the side plates have ventilating holes 29.

Extending through the corners of the side plates 21 and 22 are spacing rods 30 that extend from the plate 21 to provide leg portions 31 and from the plate 22 to provide saw table support portions 32. The support portions 32 are shouldered and have reduced end portions 33 adapted to extend into holes 34 of the saw table plate J 18 to hold the same. These leg and supporting portions 31 and 32 of the rods 30 are made use of, when the motor spindle head 15 is turned down on its sideplate 21 as shown in FIG. 3, the tailstock 17 and the guide rod 16 having been removed from an opening 35 in a triangularshaped sleeve bracket 36 extending outwardly from the plate 22 and a triangular-shaped opening 37 in the side plate 21 aligned with the bracket sleeve opening 35. A hand set screw 38 is first loosened from the bracket 36 to release the guide rod 16 and tightened to holdit.

The guide rod 16 is of triangular section and slidably receives the tailstock 17 that has a corresponding opening 39'therefor. The tailstock has foot portions 17 on level with the foot portions 27 and 28 of the spindle head 15 for engaging a table surface and a thumb screw 41 for fixing the tailstock to the rod 16 in its adjusted position thereon.

When the toy is to be used for a turning operation a live center drive plate 42 is fixed to the spindle 24 by a thumb bolt 43 extending through a center hole 42 in the plate 42 and into a threaded center hole 44 in the end of the drive spindle 24. The live spindle plate 42 has three prongs 45 to which the polystyrene or foam plastic work piece material is fixed. A dead tailstock spindle point 46 receives the opposite end of the work piece.

When the toy is being used for a lathe operation, the

toy with the work piece extended between the spindle plate 42 and tailstock point 46 is placed in the toy box and the edges of the box for supporting a cutting chisel made of wood or plastic and the work chips drop and are contained in the box.

When it is desired to effect a saw cutting operation a flexible plastic saw disk 51 is secured to the drive spindle 24 by the thumb screw 43 extending through a center hole 52 of the saw disk and into the threaded hole 44 of the drive spindle, FIGS. 1 and 5. The saw table plate 18 is placed over the motor driven spindle head 15 so that its upstanding spaced pins 53 and 54 respectively extend into a hole 34 and an intermediate hole 56 of the saw plate 18. The tailstock 17 is drawn to a position upon the guide rod 16 so that its upwardly projecting pin 57 extends through an intermediate hole 58 on the opposite edge of the saw table plate 18. The saw table 16 has an elongated slot 59 and the saw disk 51 extends upwardly as shown in FIG. so that upon placing a work piece W on the surface of the saw table 18 and against the saw disk 51 a saw disk cutting operation is effected upon the work piece.

If it is desired to operate a face grinder 61 it can be similarly fixed to the spindle 24 by the thumb screw 43 extended through a center hole 62 thereof and into the threaded hole 44 of the spindle 24. A work piece W can be held against the outer face of the grinder disk 61 or against its periphery. A grinding or sanding operation can be also provided by the spindle 24 from its parallel serrations 24' on the periphery thereof. The saw table plate 18 is removed when these grinding operations are being effected.

If a jig saw operation is desired the saw table plate 18 is supported upon the motor head andthe tailstock 17 as with the disk saw cutting operation, FIGS. 1 and 4. A.

jig saw blade 63 is extended through the elongated saw slot 59 and connected by a removable threaded crank pin 64 extending through a hole 65 in the lower end of the saw blade and into a threaded offset hole 66 in the end of the spindle 24 so that upon rotation of the spindle 24 the saw blade 63 is worked up and down through the saw slot 59 in the saw table plate 18. The upper end of the saw blade 63 is bifurcated to provide a slot 67 that receives a pin 68 on the forward end of the arm 19 and to hold the blade 63 against outward displacement from an end slot 69 in the arm 19 while permitting vertical reciprocal movement of the blade 63.

The arm 19 has a bottom forwardly-extending portion 71 with a transverse slot '72 with an inclined rear wall 73 that will support the arbor against downward displacement from the transverse portion 74 of the table while permitting an upstanding projection 75 to extend into the rear end of the elongated saw slot 59 and thereby hold the arm against lateral displacement and the forward upper end of the arm maintained in proper vertical alignment with the saw slot 59 to keep the jig saw blade 63 centered therein. With the motor 23 running and a work piece placed upon the table against the jig saw blade 63 a jig saw cutting operation is elfected.

When it is desired to use the toy for a routing operation, the thumb screw 38 is loosened and the guide rod 16 and tailstock 17 are removed from the sleeve bracket 36 and the spindle head 15. The motor-driven spindle head is turned down upon its leg portions 31, the arm 19 and the saw blade 63 having been removed from the table saw plate 18. The table saw plate is turned ninety degrees and its corner holes 34 fitted over the reduced diameter ends 33 of the support portions 32 in the manner shown in FIG. 3. A router or sabre bit 76 is threaded into the center hole 44 of the spindle 24 of the motor and will extend upwardly through the elongated saw slot 59 and against which a work piece lying on the saw table surface can be brought to bear to effect a routing operation thereupon.

Referring now to FIGS. 6 to 9, there is shown a modified form of the invention in which a head stock 80 is provided with an electric motor drive battery unit 81 mounted between upright side portions 82 and 83 on opposing thumb screws 84 and 85 extending respectively into the ends of the motor battery unit 81 and on which the unit 81 can be pivoted upwardly to a position best illustrated in FIG. 8 so that a routing bit 86 can be used. The side portions 82 and 83 extend upwardly from a base portion 87 and they respectively have open slots 88 and 89 for holding the respective thumb screws 84 and 85 whereby the motor unit 81 upon loosening the thumb screws can easily be lifted from the side portions. This motor drive unit 81 has a spindle 91 with a threaded central hole 92 to receive the routing bit 86 or a thumb screw 93 adapted to respectively retain on the spindle 91 either a lathelive center plate 94 or a disk saw 95 or a grinder '96 to be driven thereby. Parallel guide rods 97 and 98 extend from the head base portion 87 to provide a tool bed and which are held in spaced relation at their outer ends by an end support member 99. Slidable along the guide rods 97 and 98 is a tailstock 101 which is retained on the guide rods in its adjusted position by a thumb screw 102. This tailstock 101 has a dead center pin 103 which supports the outer end of the work piece while the drive end of the work piece is connected to the live center plate 94 through its pins 104. This plate 92 is connected by the thumb screw 93 to the spindle 91. The spindle 91 has serrations 105to effect a grinding or sanding operation.

The tailstock 1011 has anupstanding pin 106 that will extend into a hole 107 in a saw table plate 108 when the tailstock is adjusted to a position measured from two upstanding pins 109 and 111 on the respective upright portions 82 and 83 of the spindle head 80 and these pins extend respectively into holes 112 and 113 on the 0pposite end of the saw table plate 108; The router or sabre bit 86 will extend through a hole 114 in the plate 108; FIGS. 6 and 8.

The saw table plate 108 has an elongated slot 116 through which the disk saw 95 extends on being secured to the spindle 91 by the thumb screw 93. A work piece will be slid upon the saw table surface to engage the saw 95 and effect a cuttingoperation thereon. This saw disc is made of soft plastic and can fiex and upon engaging the fingers of the child will effect no harm to them, yet upon working with the foam plastic material a true cutting of the material can be effected.

When it is desired to effect a jig saw cutting operation a vertical saw blade 117 is secured at its lower end by a thumb screw 118 that passes through a hole 119 in the lower end of the blade and into a threaded offset hole 121 in the spindle '91 so that reciprocation of the blade 117 by crank action is effected on rotation of the spindle 91.

To support the jig saw blade 117 at its upper end for reciprocation an arm 122 is connected to the rear edge of the saw table plate 108 by a dovetail projection 123 that extends into a dovetail groove 124. The arm 122 has a slot 126 into which the saw blade 117 extends and the saw blade has a slot 127 through which a pin 128 extends to retain the saw blade in the arm slot 126 and over which the saw blade 117 can slide and be retained thereby against forward outward displacement therefrom.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. to 12, there is shown the still further modification of the invention in which the battery is contained along the bed of the toy. This toy includes a motor-driven head stock 131 that has a top housing i132 and in which is contained an electric motor 133 that drives a spindle 134 to which a saw disk 136, a grinder wheel 137 can be attached by a thumb screw 138 extended into a threaded center hole 139 thereof. A drill 141, a router 142 or a live center 143 can likewise be attached to the live spindle 134 by threading their respective shanks into the threaded center hole 139.

Extended outwardly from the spindle head 131 is a battery casing 144 into which battery cells can be extended by removal of an end cap 145. Electric circuit is provided between the batteries, the motor :133 and a switch arm 146 that can pivot on the side of the spindle head 131 on a pin 1'47 and which can engage a fixed contact 148 to close the circuit and cause the rotation of the motor 133 and the spindle drive 134.

On the outer end of the battery case 144 is mounted an end support 149 which is connected to the head stock 131 by guide rods 151 and 152. On these guide rods 151 and 152 a tailstock 153 may be adjusted and fixed in its adjusted position by a thumb screw 154. This tailstock has a dead center pin 169 adapted to support a work piece when the work piece is being driven by the live center 143.

When the disk saw 136 is secured to the spindle 134 by the thumb screw 138 as best shown in FIG. 12, the disk saw will extend upwardly through a slot 157 in a saw table 158 that is dished on its underside and is supported from brackets .161 and 16-2 extending upwardly from the head 131 which have outwardly bent ends 163 and 164 and which respectively extend through elongated slots 165 and 166 in the saw table 158 to support one edge thereof while the opposite edge thereof has its depending flange notched at 167 to receive the upper end of the tailstock-153 which has a groove 168 in which the flange will rest and by this connection of the flange with the slot 168, the saw table is held against lateral displacement. The tailstock 153 will in turn, of course, be locked by the thumb screw 154 to the rod 151. The tailstock has a point 169 cEor supporting a lathe work piece.

When it is desired to set up the toy for a jig saw operation a jig saw blade v17-1 is fixed by a screw 172 to an offset threaded hole 173 in the end of the motor driven spindle 134. This saw blade 171 is extended upwardly through the slot 157 in the saw table plate 158 and is slidable in the end of an arm 174 that has a base attaching plate 175 that is projected through a slot 176 in the flange at the rear of the plate and over hanger flanges 177 and 178 struck downwardly from the sides of the saw slot 157 and bent inwardly to support the reduced Width end 179 of the arm base plate 175.

The upper end of the saw blade has an open slot 181 through which a pin 183 on the arm 174 extends to hold the blade in an end slot 183 of the arm and against outward displacement therefrom while allowing the blade to be worked up and down therethrough. By virtue of the crank action of the rotating spindle 134 upon the crank pin 172 and the blade 171, the saw blade is vertically reciprccated so that while presenting a work piece to the saw blade a jig saw cutting operation will be performed thereupon.

With this last form of the invention batteries can be provided in the battery case 144 and the motor driven thereby while the other forms of the invention and any other means can be provided such as a cable cord to supply electric current to the motor from an electric outlet receptacle by simply making a plug connection therewith.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided a wood working machine shop toy which can be converted from a lathe to effect various saw machine cutting operations, a routing and drilling operation. It will also be apparent that the head stocks which contain the motor according to two forms of the invention can either be detached from the tailstock guide rods and turned over on its side and support the saw table in that position, or according to the second form of the invention the electric motor can be pivoted on the head stock and a router for sabre bit extended upwardly through a separate hole in the saw table plate.

While various changes may be made in the detailed construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

In the claims the expression shaft of said motor is intended to mean the tool driving shaft or spindle.

What is claimed is:

1. In convertible wood working machine shop toy adapted for use in working soft plastic foam, a motor-driven spindle head having rotating spindle, guide rod means extending laterally from said spindle head, a lathe-type tailstock slidably adjustable along said guide rod, saw table attaching formations being provided upon said spindle head and upon said tailstock above the lathe center of the tailstock, and a saw table having cooperating formations for the attaching formations and adapted to rest thereover with one end of the table upon the spindle head and the other end of the table on the tailstock, said tailstock being slidably adjustable upon the guide rod means to accommodate the cooperating formation of the saw table, said saw table having an elongated saw slot, said spindle head having a spindle and a saw connected to the spindle and adapted to extend upwardly through the saw slot.

2. In a convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam, a motor-driven spindle head, a guide rod extending lateral-1y from the spindle head, a lathe-type tailstock slidably adjustable along said guide rod, pin projections extending upwardly from said spindle head and from said tailstock above the lathe center of the tailstock, and a saw table having pin receiving openings at one end adapted to rest over the pin projections upon the spindle head and pin receiving openings at the other end adapted to rest over tailstock, said tailstock being adjustable along the guide rod means to accommodate the pin openings of the saw table, said saw table having an elongated slot, said spindle head having a spindle and a saw connected to the spindle and extending upwardly to said saw slot.

3. In a convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 1, and said saw being a jig saw blade and vertically Worked through said elongated slot, a removable crank pin extending through the lower end of the saw, said spindle having an offset opening for receiving the said crank pin upon the saw being attached to the spindle, and an arm detachably secured to said saw table, said saw blade having its upper end received by the arm for sliding movement therethrough.

4. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 3,

said arm having a base portion with a shoulder thereon adapted to cooperate with the edge of the saw table and said base portion further having a projection extending upwardly and entering one end of the elongated slot and cooperating with said shoulder to retain said arm upon said saw table against displacement therefrom.

5. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 3, and said am having a slot in the end thereof, said jig saw blade having its upper end bifurcated and extending upwardly through the slot in the arm, and a pin extending through the slot in the arm and the bifurcation of the saw blade to retain the saw blade against outward displacement from the arm while being reciprocated in the end of the arm.

6. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 1, and said spindle head upon the guide rod and tailstock being removed therefrom adapted to be rested on its side and having projections extending from its opposite side, and a saw table having openings receiving said projections, and a routing tool or the like extended into the spindle and adapted to be extended upwardly through the saw table when attached to the projections thereof to effect a routing operation upon a work piece being sup ported upon the saw table surface.

7; A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 1, and said spindle head including a motor-driven spindle unit and upstanding side portions, said motor-driven spindle unit being adjustable in these side portions to locate the spindle to extend either horizontally-or vertically.

8. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 7, and said side portions of the spindle head having slots respectively extending downwardly from the upper edges thereof, and thumb screws releasably extendable through the slots into the motor-driven unit on which the motordriven unit is supported for angular adjustment within the side portions and by which the motor unit can be clamped in its adjusted position.

9. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 1, and said spindle head having foot portions engageable with the horizontal surface and said tailstock having foot portions engageable with the same horizontal surface, said tailstock being detachably and adjustably connected to said guide rod means.

10. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 1, and a battery casingextending from the spindle head, an end support member connected to the guide rod means and the outer end of the battery casing and switch means on the spindle head for controlling the operation of the electric motor.

11. A convertible wood working machine shop toy for use in working soft plastic foam as defined in claim 1, and said saw table being dishedon its underside and having a peripheral depending flange extending about the same, said flange having on one side thereof two openings spaced apart, said spindle head having upstanding brackets and projections adapted to extend into the openings of the flange of the saw table, said tailstock having a slot at its upper end for receiving the flange at the opposite side of the table.

12. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy being used for the working of soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, horizontal guide means extending fixedly from said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable along said guide means, a motor housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive one or another of a group of relatively 8 harmless tools, horizontal pivots projecting in a direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be positioned with its shaft either horizontal or vertical, and means to lock the housing with the shaft in desired position.

13. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy being used for the working of soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, horizontal guide means extending fixedly from said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable along said guide means, a motor housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive one or another of a group of relatively harmless tools, horizontal pivots projecting in a direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be positioned with its shaft either horizontal or vertical, means to lock the housing with the shaft in desired position, a work table, and means to detachably mount the table in horizontal position. over the motor housing with the motor shaft in either horizontal position or in vertical position.

14. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy being used for the working of soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, horizontal guide means extending fixedly from said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable along said guide means, a combined motor and battery housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor and batteries to operate the. same, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive one or another of a group of relatively harmlesstools, horizontal pivots projecting in a direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be. positioned with its shafteither horizontal or vertical, and means to lock the. housing with the shaft in desired position.

15. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy beingusedfor the working of soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, horizontal guide means extending fixedly from said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable along said guide means, a combined motor and battery housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor and batteries to operate the same, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive, one or another of a group of relatively harmless tools, horizontal pivots projecting in a direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be positioned with its shaft either horizontal or vertical, means to lock the housing with the shaft in desired position, a work table, and means to detachably mount the table in horizontal position over the motor housing with the motor'shaft in either horizontal position or in vertical position, said table having openings therethrough for the passage ofsome of said tools.

16. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy being used for the workingtof soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, parallel slide rods extending horizontally from the bottom of said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable on said slide rods, a combined motor and battery housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor and batteries to operate the same, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive one or another of a group of relatively harmless tools, horizontal pivots projecting in a 9 direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be positioned with its shaft either horizontal or vertical, and means to lock the housing with the shaft in desired position.

17. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy being used for the working of soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, parallel slide rods extending horizontally from the bottom of said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable on said slide rods, a combined motor and battery housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor and batteries to operate the same, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive one or another of a group of relatively harmless tools, horizontal pivots projecting in a direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be positioned with its shaft either horizontal or vertical, means to lock the housing with the shaft in desired position, a work table, and means to detachably mount the table in horizontal position over the motor housing with the motor shaft in either horizontal position or in vertical position, said table having openings therethrough for the passage of some of said tools.

18. A toy somewhat resembling a convertible wood working power machine, said toy being used for the working of soft plastic foam and comprising a lathe headstock having a bottom and fixed spaced sides projecting upward therefrom, parallel slide rods extending horizontally from the bottom of said headstock, a lathe tailstock slidable along said slide rods, a combined motor and battery housing forming a part of said headstock and containing an electric motor and batteries to operate the same, the shaft of said motor projecting from said housing to releasably receive one or another of a group of relatively harmless tools, horizontal pivots projecting in a direction transverse of the motor shaft from the sides of the housing through the sides of the headstock so that the motor may be positioned with its shaft either horizontal or vertical, means to lock the housing with the shaft in desired position, a work table, means to detachably mount the table in horizontal position with the motor shaft in either horizontal position or in vertical position, one of said tools being a circular saw, and said table having a slot to receive the upper part of the circular saw with the motor shaft horizontal, another of said tools being a jig saw blade and said table having a removable arm to receive the upper end of said jig saw blade, another of said tools being a small diameter tool mounted on the shaft and passing through the table with the shaft vertical.

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2. IN A CONVERTIBLE WOOD WORKING MACHINE SHOP TOY FOR USE IN WORKING SOFT PLASTIC FOAM, A MOTOR-DRIVEN SPINDLE HEAD, A GUIDE ROD EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SPINDLE HEAD, A LATHE-TYPE TAILSTOCK SLIDABLY ADJUSTABLE ALONG SAID GUIDE ROD, PIN PROJECTIONS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID SPINDLE HEAD AND FROM SAID TAILSTOCK ABOVE THE LATHE CENTER OF THE TAILSTOCK, AND A SAW TABLE HAVING PIN RECEIVING OPENINGS AT ONE END ADAPTED TO REST OVER THE PIN PROJECTIONS UPON THE SPINDLE HEAD AND PIN RECEIVING OPENINGS AT THE OTHER END ADAPTED TO REST OVER TAILSTOCK, SAID TAILSTOCK BEING ADJUSTABLE ALONG THE GUIDE ROD MEANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PIN OPENINGS OF THE SAW TABLE, SAID SAW TABLE HAVING AN ELONGATED SLOT, SAID SPINDLE HEAD HAVING A SPINDLE AND A SAW CONNECTED TO THE SPINDLE AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY TO SAID SAW SLOT. 